Norma Sturgis

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May 12, 2008 at 4:03 AM

FREDERICKSBURG -- Norma Weese Sturgis, 83, of Fredericksburg, died Friday, May 9, 2008, at Brenn-Field Nursing Center in Orrville, following a period of declining health.Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Murray Funeral Home in Fredericksburg with the Rev. Tom Ledford officiating. Burial will be in Canaan Cemetery.Friends may call Monday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Norma was born Oct. 8, 1924, in Chippewa Lake, the daughter of Ernest and Clesta (Aukerman) Patterson. She married Marion J. "Sam" Sturgis on Aug. 27, 1973. He died Dec. 30, 1990.She was a graduate of Chester High School and had worked at Rubbermaid and later the William Annat Co.She had made her home in Fredericksburg since 1973 and was a former member of Smithville United Methodist Church.Surviving are her son, Larry (Tammie) Weese of Orrville; four grandchildren, Tony, Shanon, Sarah and Zachary; a great-grandchild, Mika; two brothers, Forrest (Barb) Patterson of Wooster and Doyle Eugene (Kathy) Patterson of Rock Bridge Baths, Va.; and a special friend, Ivory Sinclair.She was preceded in death by her husband; a brother, Wayne; an infant brother, Ross; and a sister, Edna Patterson.

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